July 2003 Emmaus Newsletter

From Sound to Sound with the GOOD NEWS, Vol. 12, Issue 7, July 17, 2003
www.albemarleemmaus.org P.O. Box 1198, Edenton, NC 27932

AE Calendar AE Picnic AE Walks 53 & 54 Camp Cale Directions Corrections Free Gift Noah Lessons Pastors Prayer Concerns 25th Emmaus Web Bonus End of Newsletter

"There is only one morality, as there is only one geometry."

— Voltaire

July 17 — 20: AC #21 Fly With Christ Weekend at Chowan College Campus, Murfreesboro, NC

AC #21 Send-off 7:30 PM Thursday @ Marks Auditorium

AC #21 Candlelight 9 PM Saturday, meet at Brave's Den

We plan to use real candles if weather permits, bring battery candles as backups

AC #21 Monanitas 7 AM Sunday, meet @ the Brave's Den

AC #21 Closing July 20 @ 4 PM @ the Columns
July 24 — 27: 25th Anniversary International Emmaus Celebration - Nashville Convention Center: Nashville, TN.

August 2: Pilgrim applications due for AE #53 & AE #54
August 16: Annual Family Day Picnic 1 PM @ Cale Retreat and Conference Center 377 Camp Cale Rd., Hertford, NC (252) 264-2513
August 16: DODU 2:30 PM @ New Hope United Meth. Church, Hertford, NC
August 16: Chrysalis HOOT right after Camp Cale Picnic @ New Hope UMC 2098 New Hope Rd., Durants Neck, NC (252-264-3999)

August 17: 2:30PM Emmaus/Chrysalis Board Meeting @ Edenton Baptist Church
September 13: 6:30 PM Gathering @ Evangelical Methodist Church, 820 Okisko Road, Elizabeth City, NC
September 14: 2:30 PM Emmaus/Chrysalis Board Meeting @ Evangelical Methodist Church
October 2 — 5: AE # 53, Men's Emmaus Walk Weekend @ Columbia, NC

Saturday communion & candlelight
October 16 — 19: AE # 54, Women's Emmaus Walk Weekend @ Columbia, NC

Saturday Gathering, communion & candlelight
November 6 — 9: PCI # 8, Kairos Weekend @ Pasquotank Correctional Inst. - Elizabeth City, NC
November 8: DODU 2:30 & 6:30 PM Gathering . . . location being confirmed
December 13: 6:30 PM Gathering Coinjock Baptist
January 17, 2004: Gathering, Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church, Manteo, NC (with AE #55 Women's Emmaus Walk Weekend )

Walk to Emmaus 25th International Celebration

Even if Nashville is not on your travel itinerary, you can still be a part of this international celebration. A web base 72 Hour Prayer Vigil for Walk to Emmaus 25th International Celebration still has several openings with just one week before the Celebration begins. To take part in this prayer vigil visit http://3dayol.org/Vigil/GetVigil.phtml?pvid=56&commid=41 and take a time slot or two praying from where you are on that given day and time! Cursillo has just finished its National Encounter.

PASTORS NEEDED:

We would like to extend an invitation for any pastor that has walked on an Emmaus Weekend to participate in communion meditations and other events during comming Emmaus weekends. We need volunteers for these things and if you'd like to, then contact our community spiritual director, Alan Gibson, and offer your services. Call Alan at 252-264-2430.

Annual Albemarle Emmaus Community Picnic
	Our August Gathering will be during the annual Albemarle Emmaus Community Picnic, August 16th at Camp Cale right on the Perquimans River. Activities begin at 1:00 pm, dinner is at 5:00, 4th day talk at 6:00 followed by Communion. Clean up is at 7:00 PM. Camp Cale charges $4.00 per person to use their facility. Board members will be at the gate to collect your entry fee. A separate offering will be taken later in the evening to cover our usual expenses.
Activities include swimming, boating/canoeing, volleyball and other games. Life guards will be available starting at 1:00 PM. Also, music will be provided throughout the afternoon for your entertainment. Other activities for which a fee will be charged are Rope Course & Rock/Wall Climbing @ $ 2.25 per person. Ice and paper products will be provided as well as some iced tea and lemonaide. Please bring a covered dish and a large bottled drink. Come join in the fun . . . you'll need to bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on, and remember to volunteer to help set up or clean up by contacting Tom & Christi Quance.
DIRECTIONS TO CAMP CALE
From Hertford: Take SR 1300, New Hope Road; go about 8 miles to White Hat Road; take a right and go about a mile to Camp Cale Road; turn left and follow that road into Camp Cale.		From Elizabeth City: Take US 17 south and turn left onto Woodville Road off US 17; go to New Hope, then take a right on New Hope Road. Go to White Hat Road, turn left and go about a mile to Camp Cale Road; turn left and follow that road into Camp Cale.

The Albemarle Emmaus positions of service list has been updated to include all current Board and other duties of service to the Albemarle Community. Take a look anytime at the "AE & AC Boards " link on the Main AE Index page, or

A Free Gift

Please remember that your Albemarle Emmaus newsletter comes to you as a free gift, even though there are substantial printing, publishing, and postage expenses each month. All newsletter expenses are covered entirely by the voluntary financial support of those attending monthly Gatherings. That's why the plate is passed at each Gathering. If you move and do not notify us of your address change the return postage adds to the monthly expenses of publishing this newsletter.

Editor Notes, Corrections & Other Stuff

May Day . . . Again? — Our June 20 newsletter had an incorrect date on the cover :-( and we regret any problems this may have caused. We were not trying to relive the past, it was a simple old fashion goof ;o)
Is your address label correct? — We would be more than happy to add (or delete) any address label names to bring your information up to date. Some address labels list only one family member when several have been on an Emmaus Walk or Chrysalis Flight. If a change is necessary, or desired, please let us know.
Board meetings — always 2:30 PM


Amy Abbott - friend shot & killed Thursday night AC #21 - Let us\God Rock in the lives of these teens! AC #21 Caterpillars & Team - July 17 - 20 Sharon Ambrose Sandy Christine Basnight - pray her vocal cords will strengthen Joey Carmany - Illness Billie Carol Carver - cancer Central Prison Kairos # 18 - August 6 - 9, 2003 Daughter-In-Law - salvation Cindy DeVine the Downing Family EBC - Youth Mission Trip Felton Family - loss of child Karen Godfrey - back and leg problems Phil Grasty- Buddy's Dad - throat cancer Lewis Graydon - has lost 2 children and is expecting a third Greg and Deena Hankins - loss of child Helen - surgery 7/17 Bob Hensley - health Tammy Hockenberry - surgery August 13th, don't know time yet Holden Family Linda Holiday - cancer	Fred Honeycutt - depression Tom Hupp Jaymes - God's will; for job John & Tammie Ralph Wayne (Snookey) Johnson - cancer, healing from cancer Kathy & Fred Lelong - Upcoming Surgery Adam March - ALS JonMana March - salvation Mary & Samantha - moving to Maryland Mary McLenco - family Men & Women in the Armed Service kitchen @ Mt. Olivet Camille Padolski - back pain PCI Kairos # 8 - team & participants Gary Phelps - kidney problems Phelps Family Raise the Praise 2003 Raise the Praise Tour - July 23 - 27 Grace Rhodes - colon cancer surgery 7/14 Kay Rose - cancer Ruckle Family housing	Glenda Sawyer - salvation for family Sonrise Service Eddie & Martha Spencer - marriage Carson and Catherine Spivey Stilco Family Students preparing to return or go to college in August Supreme Court Judges Robin and Matt Terry travel mercies for Youth on Mission Trip New Building for Trinity Baptist Fellowship James Tyre's grandfather Unity in the body Salvation unsaved children Unspoken Request Upcoming Walks Florence Vantol Tammy Wescott - salvation Blanche West - 89 - illness Qulia Weston - ALS Carter Whitt Family - cancer treatments Whitt Family Courtney Zillifro

Pray for
AE # 53
Men's Emmaus Walk Weekend
"Stand Up & Praise Him"
October 2 — 5, 2003

. . . pray also for the next
Women's Emmaus Walk Weekend
AE # 54
"You Are My King"
October 16 - 19, 2003

Lessons Learned From Noah's Ark . . .
(source anonymous)

Don't miss the boat.
Remember that we are all in the same boat.
Stay fit. When you're 600 years old you may be asked to do something really big.
Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.
Don't listen to critics, just get on with the job that needs to be done.
Build your future carefully, on a good foundation, and on high ground.
Follow a divine plan; on long journeys travel in pairs and enjoy the company of others.
Everyone is important in the big scheme of things.
In the midst of a storm don't get stressed, trust, be patient, and float a while.
Speed isn't as important as the ability to ride the waves. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.
The Ark was built (and manned) by amateurs, the Titanic by professionals.
No matter the storm, when you are with God there's always a rainbow waiting.

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the following Upper Room Emmaus/Chrysalis Information is offered as a web bonus . . . it's not in the printed newsletter.

YOU'RE INVITED

PRAYING IN SOLITUDE AND COMMUNITY Seminar
September 8 - 11, 2003
Lake Junaluska, NC

Discover a deeper, more meaningful prayer life this fall with help from Upper Room author Martha Rowlett.

Join Rowlett as she leads the workshop PRAYING IN SOLITUDE AND COMMUNITY September 8 - 11, 2003, in the peaceful mountain setting of Lake Junaluska, NC.

Sessions include a look at theological assumptions about prayer and a review of the variety of forms of Christian prayer for both individuals and for communities. The daytime schedule and the evening vesper services provide time to experience multiple ways of praying. Suggestions for organizing prayer ministries in the local church will be shared.

Evening Vespers in the Lake Junaluska chapel will include a Prayer Vigil, a Taize service, and a healing service. Bishop Richard Looney will participate in the daytime discussion of intercessory prayer and will be the speaker at the evening service of healing. Members of the Lake Junaluska ministry staff will provide music for the event.

For more information, go to www.sejumc.org

Rowlett is author of:

RESPONDING TO GOD: A Guide to Daily Prayer. Paperback, 160 Pages.

PRAYING TOGETHER: Forming Prayer Ministries in Your Congregation. Paperback, 230 Pages.

DEVO OF THE WEEK: Volunteering

What's more important -- what you can get or what you can give? Bryan Rodecker (18) learned that dads sometimes have the right answers!

To read this week's devo, visit:
www.upperroom.org/devozine/2003/julaug/devo.asp?week=current&issue=122017

POEM OF THE WEEK: Prayer for a Pilgrim
Be encouraged to persevere by "Prayer for a Pilgrim."

To read this week's poem, visit:
www.upperroom.org/devozine/2003/julaug/electropoetry.asp

THE DZ QUESTION
What's your favorite way to volunteer or to serve others?

To answer the DZ Question, visit:
www.upperroom.org/devozine/2003/julaug

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